| Dr James Gomez is active in academia, civil society and politics. He is presently Deputy Associate Dean (International) and Head of Public Relations at Monash University, Australia. He can be contacted at [email protected] |
How to propel a book to bestseller status
October 21, 2010OCT 21 — “Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Docks” is about to become Malaysia’s Strategic Information and Research Development Centre’s (SIRD) bestseller to date.The book has seen four print runs of 2,000, 1,000, 1,000 and 2,000 in just five months, totalling 6,000 copies with over 5,500 copies already sold.If the British author of “Once a … Read More
Singapore’s local media to go to the polls next elections
October 06, 2010OCT 6 — Most political pundits on the key issue in Singapore’s next general elections, widely speculated for December 2010, put it down to the foreign worker concern. Statistics from the Singapore government place Singapore`s total population in June 2010 at 5,076,700 — only 3,230,700 are citizens and even then quite a few of them are new citizens.The … Read More